Kidman is the obvious bet for consolation prize: it feels like she's moving into the Grande Dame phase of her career in which every major role she takes has one eye on the
little gold fella, and if a lot of the time she's going to aim and
miss (the specter of «Grace of Monaco» hovers on the horizon, not eligible here yet, but still its stinking word of
mouth and distribution troubles are already part of the narrative), in general the Academy loves a trier, so a nod for something as unexceptional - but - prestigey as «The Railway Man» would not be out of the question.
If
little Johnny has blueberry juice all over his
mouth and chin, and there is a piece of freshly baked blueberry pie
missing, that is pretty good circumstantial evidence of where it came from!